I never thought I’d ever consider doing this. Let alone ACTUALLY doing it. But here we are. And since my health issues decide to keep surprising me, I figured I’d throw the towel in and ask for some help. 
For a backstory, here is how my life has gone for the last year. Last October (23’) I tore my rotator cuff and was taken off work and kept out week after week as we tried different cortisone shots and physical therapies. By April I was 85% better, but disability had ran out. And I had no option except to return to work. Three weeks after I returned to work, I was doing the dishes and out of nowhere got an excruciating pain in my hip and lower back. I figured I just twisted wrong. A day later was my first ER visit, they ran all kinds of blood work and took x-rays, and couldn’t see anything. So they sent me home. Two days later I was back in the ER in so much pain that I couldn’t stand up straight or walk more than 5 steps without wanting to scream. They took more bloodwork and this time did a CT scan. Where the dr proceeded to tell me that the only thing he saw was a small fibroid and that I should contact my primary care doctor. That night, my primary care doctor actually called me after hours from her personal phone to tell me that she recieved my CT results and that it was not in fact a small fibroid but a 7” cyst. She wanted to get me in for a transvaginal ultrasound asap to see the parameters of it. I had that scan two days later, and ended up back in the ER once again the following day because after my internal scan things had gotten incredibly worse. My doctor actually called while I was in the ER and told the on call doctor that I needed to have emergency surgery because the cyst was wrapped around my ovary. 🤯 And off to surgery I went. However, upon waking up I was informed that they weren’t actually able to remove the cyst, because they had problems intubating me and I had stopped breathing 3 different times. They were only able to drain the cyst. The surgeon told me that I would need my next surgery in a bigger medical center with a tilt table and better equipment to keep me breathing because I would need to be fully cut open about 8 inches. Over the course of the next 4 months we monitored my cyst with numerous scans and watched it continue to grow. I had also developed two more cysts. One on my other ovary, as well as one on my cervix. During this time I had seen a surgical gynecologist at the University of Rochester. Dr. Joanna Piqueon. She was, and is one of the most amazing women I’ve ever met. She was determined to do my surgery robotically and save me pain and problems that would come with an incision that big. October 22, I had my surgery. And while there were complications with my breathing, I came through surgery ok with no problems. However, the following night she called me around 8:30 because she had received my pathology report. They had found a tumor on my cyst.

Which brings me to today. I saw my oncologist this morning, and while the tumor was benign the chances of another cyst and possible tumor are extremely high. And THIS is the main reason I’m even considering asking for help. I’m going to need another surgery. A complete hysterectomy. Which means even more time of work. I haven't been paid since April. My son and I have been living off roughly $1500.00 a month, which may seem like a lot, but after rent, a car payment, car insurance, and other bills… it leaves behind just enough for the essentials. And now that I won’t be returning to work within a week or 2 like I had originally hoped. I’m here, asking for help. Any sort of help. For rent, for bills, and for Christmas coming up. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have the most incredible little dude in the world. He’s been an absolute rockstar through all of this, taking care of me and helping out when he can. He deserves to have a good Christmas. Thank you once again… especially if you’ve made it this far reading. I appreciate anything and everything anyone can help with. I have set up an amazon wishlist if anyone would like to get Nicolas a present for Christmas. Just search Amazon by my name, Chastain Rumsey. And from the bottom of my heart, truly. Thank you❤️‍🩹